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  • Team of workers installing solar panels on a rooftop under clear blue sky Climate & Environment

    Partnership Creates Solar Success

    When Richmond-resident Kirk Essler first heard about GRID in the local newspaper, he thought that solar at no cost for income-qualified...

  • Group of volunteers in hard hats and safety vests posing with GRID Alternatives van for community service project Workforce & Education

    A Vacation With a Cause

    For many students in America, Spring Break is a time for revelry and abandon. This year 27 students from University of Michigan and Arizona...

  • Large volunteer group in blue GRID shirts celebrating outdoors, arms raised in joy, with blooming red flowers visible in background Organizational Stories

    Celebrating Solar Spring Break in LA!

    GRID Alternatives Greater Los Angeles is excited to have partnered with University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill for the second...

  • Smiling woman in patterned purple top standing against blue and white building with metal gate windows Equity & Community

    Joy in the Challenges

    Asucena Mendoza reflects on her journey to become a teacher in El Delirio, and how solar has impacted her classroom and community.

  • Woman wearing white hard hat smiling at construction site with solar panels in background Workforce & Education
    Central California

    A veteran’s path to solar

    Esmeralda Ramirez’s life changed over a cup of coffee - and volunteering with GRID. An army veteran, she had recently returned from the...

  • Woman wearing white hard hat smiling at construction site with solar panels in background Workforce & Education

    A veteran’s path to solar

    Esmeralda Ramirez’s life changed over a cup of coffee - and volunteering with GRID. An army veteran, she had recently returned from the...

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